Lianping Ti (PhD ’15) an Assistant Professor with the Department of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2017 UBC Young Alumni Award. This award recognizes a young alumnus (aged 35 or under) whose accomplishments are of such excellence that they provide inspiration and leadership to students and other young alumni. The recipient has also shown significant leadership either in their professional career and/or community service.
Dr. Lianping Ti is an outstanding young academic whose research focuses on the efficacy of healthcare systems for people suffering with drug addiction and related infectious diseases, with a focus on viral hepatitis and HIV. Her research has uncovered barriers to healthcare for these marginalized populations and has already played a role in shaping new hospital policies to address them. She is a generous mentor to other young researchers, and is admired for the quality, innovation, and exceptional productivity of her work.
Dr. Ti received her PhD from the School of Population and Public Health. Her PhD research was supported by a CIHR Doctoral Research Award and focused on examining factors associated with leaving hospital against medical advice and identifying novel methods for improving hospital care for patients who use illicit drugs in Vancouver. She is also a past recipient of the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) Rising Star of the Year Award.
The award will be presented at the annual UBC 2017 Achievement Awards Dinner and Auction in November.